The New DownTime - Pilot Fic Index and Discussion Thread - Third Challenge Up!!

Umm, drinking, sex, and pranks

Um... duh... But how do you think a semi-mature NJO era Jedi pilot would act?

My main problem with my WIP is balancing the goofy and oddball nature of the X-wing books with the gritty realism and seriousness of the NJO.

 

Well a jedi would probably be meditating, or honing his/her skills. Would this be a squad of Jedi, or a squad just with a Jedi? Because if there are non-Jedi, that would allow for lots of good pranks when they're meditating

 

Oooh...whoever started this thread was a genious. Pilots just don't get enough appreciation in the SW books.

As for the semi-mature NJO-era Jedi pilot question...um... take a look at Kyp Durron if you're looking for unofficial, and I guess Jaina for official.

But my thinking is that durring the NJO, pilots (whether officially official or not) wouldn't have much free time.

 

Like Wes Janson?

 

I PMed the Pilot_Fic_Index with one of my stories (to be added to the listing) and apparently the Index hasn't even read my PM yet. It's been over a week.

 

Well a jedi would probably be meditating, or honing his/her skills. Would this be a squad of Jedi, or a squad just with a Jedi? Because if there are non-Jedi, that would allow for lots of good pranks when they're meditating

Well the NJO Jedi are more like normal people, but they're still Jedi.*Shrug*

So, I'm trying to write for Jedi pilots and making them sound more like pilots than Jedi. And I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Bleh... Whatever...

 

Hmmmmm Making Jedi sound like pilots that are jedi...

Remove some of the arrogance, make it seem like they know whats happening before it happens, and there ya go...

 

Remove some of the arrogance, make it seem like they know whats happening before it happens, and there ya go...

Maybe, but it kinda sounds like over-simplification.

What I'm truely afraid of, is creating a Jedi pilot that sounds more like Han Solo than Corran Horn, Luke Skywalker or Anakin Skywalker. *Shrugs again*

 

That's not so bad, having a Jedi almost like Han. Because really, Corran is almost like Han, only with thinking a little bit more before he does something.

But it also depends on what type of Jedi your character will be. Is he/she going to be a full fledged Jedi, or just a Force sensitive who knows a few things? In that case, you can look at Tyria Sarkin from the X-Wing series.

 

But it also depends on what type of Jedi your character will be. Is he/she going to be a full fledged Jedi, or just a Force sensitive who knows a few things?

Several of my characters are Jedi pilots. Some are knights and others are aprentices. And I've made up personalities for most of them, but as I've said I find it hard to ballance the Jedi part of their personalities with the pilot part of their personalities.

For example one character is a bold rash, and reckless teenage Corellian Jedi.

Another is a more like Jack O'Neill from Stargate SG-1, a natural leader, with a bit of a sarcastic streak.

A third is a reluctant hero that hates that the war has made the Jedi little more than super-powered vigilantes.

Get my point?

 

Yeah...but now I'm out of suggestions, except for the last personality. He sounds a little Jacen Soloish.

 

He sounds a little Jacen Soloish.

She.

She sounds a little Jacen Soloish.

Trust me they'll be different enough that there will be no possible way to confuse them. For example she will have a bit of a "wild-child" past that happened before her Jedi powers were decsovered.

 

Uh-oh, my bad. But she sounds like she's going to be an interesting character. Good luck on it!

 

But she sounds like she's going to be an interesting character. Good luck on it!

Thanks. I'm hoping fans will like her and my other characters, but I still have a lot of work to do on my fic before I can start posting it and start getting fans.

 

Maybe this is a stupid, but in writing space dogfights, saying that some one "climbed" or "dived", seems to be a bit odd since there is no true "up" or "down" in space.

How do you guys and girls deal with that?

I tend to think that in space "clibing" would mean heading "up" the lattitude of a planet while "diving" would mean going "down" the lattitude of a planet.

Or am I thinking about this way too much?

 

I consider up and down to be relative to the pilot's position, not to anything else. If s/he's climbing, s/he's pulling the ship basically in the direction his/her head is in relation to his/her body. When you have fights that occur in deep space, you often end up without any planets to use for reference, so I go by the pilot.

 

Iella, that was what I was gonna do originally, but it sounded almost too simple.

I guess I'll do it that way. No need to purposely make my life harder than it has to be, right?

 

Thought the new people might be interested in this board too...

 

Thanks Jaya - this is a cool thread. I have kind of a crazy idea for a challenge if anyone's interested... Take any PT or OT movie scene and replace Anakin Skywalker (or Vader) with the personalities of one of the pilots. So you might have Wesakin Jaywalker, Wedgakin Skytilles or whatever. Surely, Wes would have more amusing lines to use on Padme for instance.

 

I've really been enjoying the X-wing series (about 2/3 through Solo Command) and I love InyriForge's fics. I appologize for this being a bit off track for this thread, but I was wondering if any of you authors could explain about Wes's character. In some of the fanfics, he has this womanizing persona that I haven't really picked up in the books.
Is it just an extension of the general pilot stereotype?
Is it his PeterPan syndrome?
Does it come from later books or the comics?
This has puzzled me for a while and was hoping that someone might be able to provide and answer for me.

Thanks
Jade

 

The womanizing thing I see as an extension of the flirt attitude he's often portrayed as having in the books. Being a flirt doesn't necessarily translate into being a womanizer, but some see it that way, and I think that's where it comes from. I don't think it's anything that's in later books any more than in the earlier books. I think it's just the way some people view his character as developed throughout. I don't agree with that characterization myself, and I don't particularly like seeing him characterized in that manner.

I, personally, see him more as a flirt who strikes out more often than not, and I also tend to see him (and write him) as a more serious character than most people do, so I may not be the best person to explain that approach to writing Wes, but that's my two credits.

I'm admin at a pilot-fic and discussion board, Jade, and if you'd like the link, let me know.

Jes

 

Hi everyone, can i join this thread? Here's my fic:

Title: The Avengers
Link to your story: The Avengers
Link to your profile:My Profile
Co-authors (if applicable):N/A
Co-authors profiles (if applicable):N/A
Summary : The story of what led Kyp Durron to found the Dozen and Two Avengers.
Timeframeost-Saga, Pre-NJO
Characters: Kyp Durron, Miko Regalia (SP)
Genre: squadron fic, action-adventure, space battles
Notes: not finished yet

Um, and also, what is the current challenge?

 

Thanks Jes I'd love that link.
And thanks for the info. I haven't really seen him that way in the books either. I think he's more serious than he lets on to people in general, but knows that its important to enjoy life--probably including relationships with women. Not necessarily in a womanizing fashion.

 

Um, again, can i join, and if i can, what is the challenge?

 

There's actually not a current challenge... we're pretty busy at our own board and, admittedly, haven't been keeping this up as well as we should have.

If you're interested, I can send you the link to that board.

We'll work on getting challenges going again here though. Thanks for the interest!


Oh, and you're certainly welcome to join. We'll work on getting your story added to the index, along with others that have been waiting...

Jes